palowoda@fiver (Bob Palowoda) (04/25/91)
Bless father for I have a few questions. First before the bugs does anyone have the correct install script for ESIX devices and X386. The standard one is for ISC. Or is there any place in the SF bay area I can download the ESIX sources version 1.1? A discription of the hardware setup. 40Mhz cache 486 (as esix server) <---> 33 Mhz cache 386 dos (client pcnfs) 8meg mem WD8013 ethernet IDE drives Genoa Vga EFS (essh file server) WD8003e ether net card The vga is setup for 512k ram Problem #1 When useing Xwindows the ethernet hangs up. I have tried disableing regions of the cache that would affect the ethernet card. Seems to happen at random intervals after X has been loaded. I've tested it with alot of other software running but X seems to be the only one the problem occurs with. Problem #2 What is this 50 files limit in a nfs mounted directory by the dos pc caused by? Is there any workaround? Please don't suggest 5.4 the customer has loaded shootgun behind his desk and he's waiting for me to mention it. Problem #3 Useing Clipper 5.0 accross nfs to Esix. Applications seem to work fine until you have to reindex the database. Clipper creates temporary files when doing so and after you exit the application the dbf file is truncated to zero. Is there any releation to this and the dos int 21 (sub 42) call bug that Tillmann Basien was describeing? Problem #4 Maybe not a problem here but when doing a rpcinfo on 10021 shouldn't I seen version 2 of the lock deamon? It shows version 1. Question #1 How much memory does motif typically use? Is it really like driveing a car with a hole in the gas tank. Will motif work with X386? Question #2 Does anyone have any problems with their SCSI drives locking up with dual controllers in the system? (one esdi and one scsi). Question #3 Has anyone tested the Furture Domain controller? What the throughput look like? Question #4 Has anyone used Xvision over to an ESIX machine? In 256 colors? Question #5 What is the best terminfo or termcap setup for Foxbase under ESIX? (in color) Question #6 Is there any vga cards base on TI graphics chip set that works with Xwindows and ESIX? Question #7 What is the selling point(s) of 5.4. Note I don't mean the technical details nor the bug fixes. I am sorry for all these problems and questions of the world. Your penance is, rewrite the kernel from scratch. Whewww, it could have been worse. It could have been SCO:-)) ---Bob